Biology
Chapter 4
Study Guide
Terms
• _______-Made of Membranes that contain
chlorophyll
• _______-Requires an input of sunlight and
water
• _______- Requires carbon dioxide and RuBP
• _______-the place where the entire process of
photosynthesis takes place
Terms and Questions
• ______-Place where the light-dependent phase of
photosynthesis takes place
• ______- Alternate photosynthesis pathway
• Which is an autotrophic organism? A cow, A man, A
mushroom, An Oak Tree
• What are the two major products of photosynthesis?
• What is RuBP
• Who discovered most of the information about
photosynthesis?
Questions
• What is the most important function of
Chlorophyll?
• Which phase of photosynthesis takes place in
either the presence or absence of darkness
• Which is the most directly involved in
photosynthesis-Chlorophyll a or Chlorophyll
b?
• ________- The process of obtaining energy
from inorganic materials
True/False
• Photosynthesis is the essential step between
solar energy and life
• Plants grown in increased light or iron rich soil
lack chlorophyll and appear whitish or pale
yellow
Terms
• ___________- requires an input of glucose
and ATP (106)
• ___________-RNA segments that are cut out
and not used in the formation of mRNA (114)
• ___________-RNA pieces put together to
form RNA (114)
• ___________-Manufacture of an amino acid
chain (115)
• What carries the DNA code from the nucleus
to the ribosomes? (113,115)
• _______-is the breaking down of food to
release energy (105)
• _______- is a process that does not use
oxygen (105)
• _______- delivers amino acids to the
ribosome (114)
• ________- the break down of glucose by
enzyme action without oxygen (109)
• ________-nitrogen containing base found only
in RNA (113)
• What does messenger RNA codon code for?
(113)
• What is the energy releasing phase of
metabolism called? (119)
• What anticodon would line up with the codon
UAC? (114)
• In DNA what base pairs with cytosine (113)
• What do transfer DNA transfer? (114)
• What type of RNA has codons? (113)
• What type has anti codons? 114
• What kind has neither? 114
• What do stop codons code for? 116
True or False
• Digestion of food is an example of anabolic metabolism
119
• Cellular respiration release more energy per glucose
molecule than aerobic cellular respiration 107-110
• Building big muscles is an example of catabolic
metabolism 119
• 109-Cellular formation is the breakdown of food
without O2
• The RNA molecule that contains the code for a
polypeptide chain of amino acids is called transfer RNA
113
True or Flase
• The mRNA leaves the nucleus with the DNA’s
triplet code by passing through a pore in the
nuclear envelope 115
• Some genes for mitochondria are found in
DNA inside mitochondria 118
• The rate of metabolism in plant cells is lower
during the day 119
Essay
• Describe how the three types of RNA work
together to form protein 113-116
• List several factors that may affect metabolic
rates 119